Crete's Eqiupment...?

Their equipment is top notch for a fleet of this size if you ask me. Ive driven for them for a while now and cannot complain. They are currently phasing out their old century class freightshakers with new freightliners and cornbinders. All the newer trucks are fitted with battery pack hvac units and espar heaters. The older trucks they are still runnin have apus or opti idle. They can be anal about your idle time so they dont wanna give you any excuses to idle the trucks. The trucks are limited to 62. No autod, all 10 speeds. The new max force internationals take a little gettin used to. All the safety features are turned on and this new engine likes lower rpms so you are kinda forced to shift sooner then you would be used to in say an isx or old detroit. Sleepers are roomy. Ive been in all the models of truck they have and I honestly never had a problrm bein om the road in any of them. The new international mid roof being my favorite. I hope this helps. Any more questions, just let me know.

 

What terminal might you be running out of? If your not sure, where do you live if you dont mind me asking?

 

Well the good news is, you definatly wont be riding a bus. Every driver I have talked to, myself included crete has rented them a car. When I went to orientation they rented me a brand new jeep patriot. Also, you wont go to lincon for otrientation until you are done with your trainer. You will go to a pre orientation for your pre empolyment screen, phisical, phisical fitness test, first road test and a buttload of paperwork. They put me in a nice hotel and sent us to a nice resteraunt in indy for lunch. Overall, my experience was very good for orientation. I was fresh out of school. A school that wasnt even on their list.

 

More then likely youll have to go with a trainer. At least a couple weeks. Ive never heard of any other driver that hasnt. And yes I do think the equipment is top notch. As far as inverters go, biggest you can have is 400 watts. However if you get a note from your doc sayin you need to put a microwave in your truck to eat healthier, crete has no problem with installing your big inverter. No matter the size.

 

If you have 3 years experience you will not go with a trainer unless you screw up your road test lol. Trainers are usually for students, or if u been out of driving for a while, or you screw up something and they put you back with a trainer. I was at the Wilmer and there was a guy from swift of 2 years that was just finishing his orientation and got issued his truck. They have better hats they are giving out these days.

The equipment is pretty good. I have a freightshaker and haven't had any problems with it. They are only buying internationals now which are a luck of the draw it seems but I don't really fault Crete for that other than not wanting to buy or even test other trucks. Trailers for the most part are in good shape.

Inverters can only be the ciggy lighter kind 300w no hardwire ones unless you have sleep apnea and or become a trainer. I think they get like a 1500 or 2000w.